Baked Pecan-Stuffed Nectarines

• 1/3 cup pecan halves
• 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 firm-ripe nectarines
• Garnish: 4 pecan halves
• Accompaniment: superpremium vanilla ice cream

1. Preheat oven to 425F.
2. In a small food processor pulse pecans until finely ground.
3. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and yolk and pulse until combined.
4. Halve and pit nectarines and arrange, cut sides up, on a small baking sheet.
5. Divide pecan mixture among nectarine halves, mounding it in center, and garnish each mound with a pecan half.
6. Sprinkle nectarines with remaining 1/2 tablespoon sugar.
7. Bake stuffed nectarines in middle of oven until pecan mixture is golden, about 10 minutes.
8. Serve nectarines with ice cream.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/baked-pecan-stuffed-nectarines-15199 (may not work)